Places to visit nearby destination - Hyderabad
Bidar
 Lying 110 km northwest of Hyderabad, Bidar was the consecutive
capitals to the mighty Bahamanis and Barid Shahi dynasty.
Within the fortified area there is a vast range of palaces,
mosques, baths, schools and tombs. The major attractions
are the tombs at Ashtur and Gawan/’s Madarsa.
Golconda Fort
 Located at a distance of around
8 km west of Hyderabad, Golconda Fort was the headquarters
of the Qutab Shahi Dynasty between 1512 to 1687. Once
the centre point of an empire whose boundaries touched
Bay of Bengal, the fort is stretched just 7 km today.
Durbar Hall is a 1000-step climb and on the top of it
is a panoramic view of the ruins of the fort and other
landmarks of Hyderabad. The main attractions inside the
fort are the heavily studded Balahisar Gate, the Grand
Portico, the bodyguard barracks, the Nagina Bagh or royal
garden, and a 12-metre deep water tank. The Sri Jagdamba
Temple, Rani Mahals, and Taramati Mosque are also housed
here.
Nagarjunkonda
 Located about 160 km from Hyderabad, Nagarjunsagar
is perhaps India/’s first island-museum. The place presents
a panorama of human evolution in the lower Krishna river
valley from the prehistoric age to medieval times. The
main attractions here include Simhala Vihara (monastery
for Ceylonese monks), Mahastupa (considered the oldest
structure on the island containing some corporal relics
of Lord Buddha), and a Ashwamedh site. There is an architectural
museum here containing mithuna couples in varying moods,
a collection of antiquities ranging from the bust of a
Gandharv to figures of dwarfs, yakshis, coins, pottery,
a model of the submerged valley, and exhibits of some
Stone Age implements such as wedges, axes, arrowheads,
spearheads and some broken pottery.
Warangal
 Famous for its thousand-pillared temple—a famous specimen
of the Chalukya architecture—Warangal is situated 157
km north-east of Hyderabad. The fort of Warangal was constructed
by the Kakatiyas between the 12th and 14th centuries.
You can see the ruins of the mud-brick fort that still
survive in certain portions. The great temple at Harnamkonda
was built by king Rudra Deva on the slopes of the hill
in 1163. The temple has exquisitely carved pillars. The
entrance to the temple has a monolithic structure of Nandi
sitting on guard at the entrance along with rock-cut statues
of elephants on either side. The fort suffered much destruction
in the 14th century after it was conquered by Muhammad
Tughlaq.
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